Comments by "Kasumi Rina" (@KasumiRINA) on "Japan's Oni. Demonic, Cannibalistic, and a Totally Great Hosts? - Extra Mythology" video.

  1.  @magnadramon0068  guys in the mountains pretty clearly are mythologized outlaws or rebels though... the legend doesn't make sense with being inspired by weather or animals, as it's about hospitality and looking like humans, even if we remove all possible connotations of xenophobia, it's still a story about paranoia and not trusting fellow humans who might look ordinary but be a demon all along... Ever seen the Thing? That kind of existential horror. Anyone can be "it", or an Oni in this case.
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  2. Another vote for Heian Japan, we have oversaturation with Sengoku, and Japan has tons of media around Edo and Boshin War, older periods are overlooked.
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  3. I COULD NEVER GET SHUTEN. Spooked by everyone from Medb to Vinci, Shuten Doji eludes me for years.
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  4.  @MaxHDAvenger  why unfortunately? Especially since they made the characters from this legend so cool.
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  5. Years in and Shuten doesn't come home. =(
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  6. Note that mountains were traditional outpost for bandits who preyed on travelers, which isn't mutually exclusive with rebels or any other group government doesn't like.
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  7. Well that's exactly why he lost self-respect in the end, what makes the character so complex.
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  8. At face value, this is trying to equate using disguise to murder and cannibalism... like comparing perfidy with violent war crimes.
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  9. SOWWY, misspelled mr. Fu Ki as Fico, still a prime minister tho, will Slovakian one do?
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  10.  @jensling  Out of all European things, Irish folklore seems to be the most "alien" and fascinating, Greco-Roman and Nordic myths are overused so Balór, Banshees, or Cu Chulainn and Medb stories feel more exotic than another generic dragon-slaying story.
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